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Bc it known that I, J. C. ARMS, of Northampton, inthe county ofHampshire, andiSt'te-of Massachusetts, have invented certain new'anduseful improvements in Embossing Machines; and I dohereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to thefaccompanyng dl'lllfillgs,` making part of thisspecication, and to the letters-of. referencemarked thereon, likeletters indicating parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art'to construct and use the invention,I will proceed todcscribe it. Figure 1 is a longitudinal Verticalsection.A i

Figure 2 is a top plan view; and Figure`3 is a view of a portiondetached.

My invention has for its object the productionof a machine for embossingandvornam'enting leather, cloth,

and similar material to be used in the manufacture of pocket-books,wallets, andf similar articles.

A represents a'frame, of any suitable size, upon which is mounted aplatform, B. Midway of the frame is secured acylinder, C, mounted insuitable bearings to permit it to revolve' freely, and having aci-ank,`7n, y attached for operating it. D represents ahollowcylinder, locateddirectly: over the" cylinder C, as shown in l "igl, this upper cylinderD being h'eld in position between the standards bland d, inzsncli amanner as to per'-` mit it to move vertically to a limited extent, butnot to revolve. A lever is pivotcd at c to thestandard and bears uponthe cylinder D, the end of the lever being held down by an elastichandl, as shown. The under side of the cylinder D is flattened topermita'piece, n, to be attached, asshownin` fig. 1, so that the piece@i may be removed and another substituted at pleasure.4 This piece n hasa series ofv projections, o, formed. on

it cireumferentially, as shown in tig. 3, for'the purpose of pressingand'form'ing grooves or inarkson'thematerial to bc embossed.v '.lheobjectief making the cylinder D hollow, is to heat it by' introducinginto its interior` f a' jet of gas-or steam, or a heated iron, thecylinder I) being made of metal for that purpose. By these means the sembossing plate n is'kept heated to any required degree. 'The cylinderChasits surface covered with sands paper, or is otherwise roughened, sopas' to take hold upon anyrsubstanec presentedi it.7 and, as thecylinder is rotated, draw the material through between it andthe plate nabove it.'

` The operation is as follows: A sheet of pasteboard, c, is placed onthe tableor platform B, and-the'piece l .y of leather, or othermaterial, a,is laid on it. By turning the crank m, thc pasteboard, withthe piece of leather i upon it, is drawn forward and passed under thcheated plate n, the'proje'ctions o of which` indent it with corre` s`.spending marks, as represented in iig.f2. By having 'a seriesot'ppl'ates, varietycf patterns may thus be. vformed at willand bytaking a piece having -the straight marks formed on'it, andglaying itdiagonally en the. f pasteboard, and passing it through in thatposition, the pattern maybe formediinto checks or diamonds,.and ji bthusstill further ornamented. Itis obvious that instead of the leviers,springs maybe placed directly over` the ends of the cylinder D, and thatthe heater VD maybe made square, or in any other form, instead ofround.` Having Athus described my invention, what I claim, i s i setforth.

2. The heater D,` provided with the removable embossing plate 1|.,'asshown anddescribed.

C. ARMS.`

Witnesses:

Enos Pensons, C. A. BnoNsoN.

1. The embossing machine, constructed and arranged to operate-as and forthe-"purpose substantially-as

